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peccadillo

[ UK /pˌɛkɐdˈɪlə‍ʊ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a petty misdeed

How To Use peccadillo In A Sentence

  • The interesting element of the game was that it required one to evaluate not films but people; that is, to sift through the prejudices of one’s movie-freak friends and the peccadilloes and quirks of the major reviewers, and by graphing, as it were, what each could be expected to overpraise, underpraise, revile, not notice, or deliberately ignore, one could acquire a very nice sense of the film. Film flam
  • The excruciating embarrassment of finding one's personal peccadillos exposed to public scrutiny makes kiss-and-tell the perfect vengeance-fodder.
  • (Soundbite of laughter) Ms. POUNDSTONE: I don't know, you know, I have a silly peccadillo which is that I call body parts by their names. Panel Round Two
  • But I'll never forget and I'll always be grateful for their savage, righteous fury when I told them how I discovered his first peccadillo. THE SAVING GRACES
  • She is known for racy novels and short stories about what she sees as the secret sexual peccadilloes of regular women - housewives, businesswomen, sorority sisters.
  • For this peccadillo he was demoted and sent back to pound the beat.
  • But I'll never forget and I'll always be grateful for their savage, righteous fury when I told them how I discovered his first peccadillo. THE SAVING GRACES
  • The Ambassador didn't seem to view the matter very seriously, called it a peccadillo. THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN
  • The public is willing to forgive him for his peccadillos.
  • He dismissed what had happened as a mere peccadillo.
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